Greeting card with magnetic picture frame

Abstract

A greeting card has on its front surface a picture frame formed of a single, integral piece of magnetic sheeting. The magnetic sheeting picture frame is held to the front of the card by adhesive which will release the frame when the frame is pulled away with a small amount of force. The one-piece integral frame has a central opening for cropping and displaying a photograph or other picture on the front of the greeting card, inserted between the front of the greeting card and the back of the magnetic frame. The releasable adhesive can be in contact with the back surface of the frame along three legs but not along the fourth, so that a purchaser of the greeting card can slide a picture down between the card and the frame. Alternatively, the adhesive can contact all four legs of the back surface of the frame, with the frame to be pulled off and replaced by the purchaser to retain a picture behind the frame. The magnetic picture frame when removed can be used by the recipient of the card to hold the picture (or any other display article) against a metal surface such as a refrigerator door or a desk top flat ferrous metal stand, to display the picture.

We claim: 
     
       1. A picture frame greeting card for sending a greeting to a recipient and also for the recipient's receipt of a picture or display article selected by the purchaser and for providing the recipient with a frame usable both on the card and separately from the card, comprising, a greeting card having a least a front leaf with a front surface and a back surface, and having a location for inclusion of a message intended for a recipient of the card,   a magnetic picture frame of flat, low profile with a central opening for display of a picture or other display article having edges, with the magnetic picture frame being of appropriate size and shape for framing a picture, displaying an area of interest of the picture through the central opening and covering the edges of the picture,   the magnetic picture frame comprising a single, integral, thin piece of magnetic sheeting material, and   non-permanent adhesive means on the front surface of the greeting card, engaged with the back surface of the magnetic picture frame and securing the picture frame onto the front surface of the greeting card in a manner permitting removal of the magnetic picture frame while leaving the adhesive means on the greeting card,   whereby a purchaser of the greeting card may place a picture or other display article of his choice between the magnetic picture frame and the front surface of the greeting card, so as to display the desired picture or article on the front of the greeting card; the greeting card with the picture may be sent to a recipient; and the recipient may remove the magnetic picture frame and picture from the card, and use the picture frame to hold and display the picture or another article on a ferrous metal surface.   
     
     
       2. A picture frame greeting card according to claim 1, wherein the adhesive means is applied to the front surface of the greeting card in a U-shaped pattern, so that one leg of the picture frame is not adhered to the card, enabling the picture to be slipped under and behind that leg of the frame to position it on the card. 
     
     
       3. A picture frame greeting card according to claim 1, further including a transparent window sheet across and adhered to the magnetic sheeting picture frame. 
     
     
       4. A picture frame greeting card according to claim 1, further including a decorative front layer on the magnetic sheeting picture frame, generally conforming to the size and shape of the magnetic sheeting, secured to the front of the magnetic sheeting to add a decorative appearance to the frame and the framed article. 
     
     
       5. A picture frame greeting card according to claim 1, wherein the dimensions of the piece of magnetic sheeting material are larger than those of the picture or other display article to be framed, with said central opening smaller than the dimensions of the picture or other article.